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Manusmriti 4.189

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.189

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Sanskrit

4.189

hiraṇyam āyur annaṃ ca bhūr gauś cāpy oṣatas tanum
aśvaś cakṣus tvacaṃ vāso ghṛtaṃ tejas tilāh prajāḥ //

Gold and food destroy his longevity, land and a cow his body, a horse his eye (sight), a garment his skin, clarified butter his energy, sesamum-grains his offspring.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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